Hi all, I'm new to posting here, but Ive been reading posts for quite awhile. I thought I'd show you my latest project that I've been working on for almost a year now. I bought a 1936 F 20 to restore, but the engine was pretty far gone, so I had the crazy idea to put a V8 in it as I have seen countless F 20/V8 combinations at tractor pulls. The engine is a 1967 283 with a saginaw 3 speed bolted on it.

the condition I bought it in:

stretched the frame 16"

Made the hood longer and start of pods for water and oil gauges

The part that makes it all happen; a flange welded onto a yoke that slips into the saginaw tranny

I made a mounting box for my ignition panel out of a recipe box
Engine rebuilt and put in for the last time

As of today I have to redo a little bit of the wiring and buy radiator hose and antifreeze, and then it'll be ready to start for the first time.

when I bought the engine, I was dumb enough to believe the guy when he told me it was a 350, and I dont have the money right now to buy and rebuild a big block. I'm building it just as a toy for now, I may do some upgrades in the future and put it in a couple of tractor pulls, not sure yet. I'm going to put headers going straight up, 4 into 1.
thanks!

Nice work. Have fun with it.
I bet you learned some things doing that. (Even what doesn't work.)
We did of those about 1967. With a flathead Ford engine.
It is just a gateway to other things. Pretty soon you will be buying $400 semis and welding it to an $800 one. Then, sell that for $5000 and buy something really neat to work on. You will need a big lathe, DC welder, milling machine, 30 ton press, lots of tools, inventory of new steel, donor units. Never ending.

This is from somebody that would rather go to a junkyard than a casino.

Looks great, brings back memories of when my dad and his cousins put a 396 in a F30. It was what they had lying around and it was cheap. It later went through stages, including fuel injection, and before being sold had a 427 with blower and running on alky, was one of the best single engine modified pulling tractors in the area.

I have been wanting to put a 353 Detroit in one we have, got the parts tractor and have some aluminum block Gama Goat motors. Gonna have to widen the frame to squeeze it in. Love to hear it with a straight pipe.

Nice work. Have fun with it.
I bet you learned some things doing that. (Even what doesn't work.)
We did of those about 1967. With a flathead Ford engine.
It is just a gateway to other things. Pretty soon you will be buying $400 semis and welding it to an $800 one. Then, sell that for $5000 and buy something really neat to work on. You will need a big lathe, DC welder, milling machine, 30 ton press, lots of tools, inventory of new steel, donor units. Never ending.

This is from somebody that would rather go to a junkyard than a casino.

oh yeah, I've learned TONS from doing it, number 1 being, dont sell your old F20 engine to the junkyard for $50 when its worth $500 in parts lol. I already have lots of plans in my head for upgrading engines or dropping in a cummins 4 or 6bt if something happens to this engine

It's a small block (Gen IV) actually, and the parts would set you back $5k or so. Add on machine work and assembly. Realistically, that 283 can make all the power the rear end can handle.

I'm only 19 and in college, so I dont have all the money in the world to spend on my toys or else I would. I agree, the 283 is plenty powerful enough for the tractor and my purposes, I dont really want die on it going down the road at 50 mph